Rangers sit Brad Richards, likely to dump salary later

11:41 PM,
May 23, 2013

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Josh Thomson

With a healthy scratch in Game 4, Brad Richards appears on his way out of New York. Just don't tell John Tortorella the benching meant he had pegged one of his favorite players as a scapegoat.

"This is a Conn Smythe winner, a guy I've grown up with, a guy that I love as a person and a player, but I have to make that decision," said Tortorella, who coached Richards when the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004. " ... It's not about blaming that guy, and I don't want anybody to pile on. This is my decision and I make it for the hockey club."

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